Post: [Release] Dynamic Theme Editor (by zembor0)
04-09-2011, 02:37 PM #1
manster
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If you get a "Invalid file size" error make sure you have saved the image with the correct setting. The settings are at the bottom of this post.

You will need:

1. Dynamic theme editor
2. Photoshop
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Guide:




  1. Run Dynamic theme editor and select Price of Persia

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  2. Select "open" under step 2. This will show you the folder of images that you can edit. In this guide I will edit “CircularSmoke_01.gtf_1” and “SOT_Theme_BackGround.gtf_1” and “TrilogyLogo.gtf_1”. Simple open photoshop, open each image in turn and copy and paste the provided images bellow into each dds file. You need to past it on the RGB layer and the alpha layer.

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  3. If you want to change the icons in the xmb click the open button next to step 3. You can then edit the png files. Don’t change the resolution for format of the image.

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  4. Now click the theme details button and change them as you like.

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  5. Click the browser button and select where you want to save your theme.
  6. The Prince of Persia theme that we are editing has lots of other pictures that we have not edited, so we don’t want to show them. This is where we ick which effects we want to remove. Tick them as shown:

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  7. Finally press start, you should see a black bock pop up at the bottom of that it will say “press enter”. So press enter when prompted. Now you should have your theme in you save destination.



Setting for the images:

Prince of Persia:
for all of the prince of persia pictures use these setting
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Heavy Rain:
For all of the heavy rain pictures use these settings
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Make.Belive:
For alpha_01 use these settings
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For moebius use these settings
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Wakeboard:
For all wakeboard pictures use these settings
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Angel Senki:
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Originally posted by another user
If you want some advice, use Paint.NET, which natively supports .DDS images. When you save your .DDS, chose "DXT5 (interpolated Alpha)" with "Iterative Fit (Slowest/HQ)". These settings gives you the best quality while keeping the file size exactly the same as the original DDS.

You can also make your theme use the default XMB icons. Just delete the whole "<icon>, </icons>" tags in the XML file of the base theme you're editing!


Example Themes




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Blue:
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Credits goes to zembor0 and eustolio

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More customizations for my PS3 Smile
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04-22-2011, 06:07 PM #101
Jaw1312
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Unfortunately, the link you have clicked is not available.
Reupload?
04-22-2011, 06:58 PM #102
KFC
KFC is the best
Thanks, also when im done what do i do? Do i reupload it to ps3?
04-22-2011, 08:03 PM #103
Thx for this. my ps3 is gonna look so 1337.. :fa:
04-22-2011, 10:54 PM #104
can you also use it with other photoprogramms or just with photoshop?
04-23-2011, 02:38 AM #105
thannnnnx ..
04-23-2011, 10:42 AM #106
manster
League Champion
Originally posted by Jaw1312 View Post
Unfortunately, the link you have clicked is not available.
Reupload?


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Originally posted by xIIMIIoNzTeRx View Post
Thanks, also when im done what do i do? Do i reupload it to ps3?


make a folder on your USB flash disk called 'PS3'
in the *PS3* folder make a new folder called 'THEME'. everything in CAPS.

drop your .p3t files into the 'THEME' folder and install on your PS3.

file location should be USB/PS3/THEME/theme name.p3t



Originally posted by MERKEL View Post
can you also use it with other photoprogramms or just with photoshop?


you can use Paint.NET too (tip from You must login or register to view this content.)

Originally posted by another user
If you want some advice, use Paint.NET, which natively supports .DDS images. When you save your .DDS, chose "DXT5 (interpolated Alpha)" with "Iterative Fit (Slowest/HQ)". These settings gives you the best quality while keeping the file size exactly the same as the original DDS.

You can also make your theme use the default XMB icons. Just delete the whole "<icon>, </icons>" tags in the XML file of the base theme you're editing!

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Jaw1312
04-23-2011, 11:08 PM #107
this is pissing me off lol
04-24-2011, 12:20 AM #108
manster
League Champion
Originally posted by matt944057 View Post
this is pissing me off lol

please tell me why...
04-24-2011, 12:50 AM #109
Dubsy
Banned
This is awesome I have edited 6 themes so far, I have been looking for a Theme Editor for 2 weeks now your one seems to be the best one I downloaded yet Smile

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